The Veteran's claim for service connection for Meniere's disease with hearing loss and tinnitus, to include as secondary to a service-connected disability, is being remanded due to the need for clarification of the VA examiner's opinion regarding the relationship between his claimed in-service injury and current condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide sufficient rationale for their opinion on whether the Veteran's Meniere's disease is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere's disease with hearing loss and tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1222281
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for initial disability ratings and compensable ratings related to his service-connected Meniere's disease, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and effective date determinations are being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
- Denied
The Board found that Meniere's disease with hearing loss and tinnitus was not incurred in or aggravated by service, may not be presumed to have been incurred therein nor is it proximately due to a service-connected disability.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for Meniere's disease with hearing loss and tinnitus due to new evidence submitted since the last final denial. The case is now remanded for further development, including a VA examination.
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